School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica

Dominica: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
18th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.4 GPI
in 1977
All-time low
0.9148 GPI
in 2003
Years of data
27
1974–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica, 1974–2019

00.511.51974199620191974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.2 GPI1976: 1.3 GPI1977: 1.4 GPI1979: 1.2 GPI1990: 1.3 GPI1991: 1.3 GPI1992: 1.4 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1.3 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 0.915 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.935 GPI2014: 0.935 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica peaked at 1.4 GPI in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.9148 GPI, in 2003.

That places Dominica 18th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.22 GPI 1.11 GPI 1.4 GPI 5
1990s 1.26 GPI 1.1 GPI 1.36 GPI 4
2000s 1.06 GPI 0.9148 GPI 1.33 GPI 10
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9348 GPI 1.11 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Dominica

  1. 15 Bahrain 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 16 American Samoa 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 17 Tonga 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 19 Maldives 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 20 Guinea-Bissau 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 21 Kuwait 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Dominica was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Dominica?
The highest recorded value was 1.4 GPI in 1977.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Dominica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9148 GPI in 2003.
How does Dominica rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Dominica ranks 18th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Dominica?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Dominica data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.